BeQuiet Jubiläum Banner 970x90
Breaking News

Envision Enhances Its Range of Smart Glasses For Blind and Low-Vision Communities - Making Them More Accessible For Everyone ASUS Announces All-New Vivobook Go 15 OLED and Vivobook Go 14 Pioneer Japan updates firmware for their X13 lineup (30-01-2023) DLSS 3 Delivers Ultimate Boost in Latest Game Updates on GeForce NOW DualSense Edge wireless controller launches globally today

logo

  • Share Us
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
  • Home
  • Home
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Essays
  • Forum
  • Legacy
  • About
    • Submit News

    • Contact Us
    • Privacy

    • Promotion
    • Advertise

    • RSS Feed
    • Site Map

Search form

Google Makes to Charge Smartphone Makers in Europe For Google Play Apps

Google Makes to Charge Smartphone Makers in Europe For Google Play Apps

Enterprise & IT Oct 16,2018 0

Google is licensing the Google mobile application suite separately from the Google Search App or the Chrome browser, as part of changes introduced in order to comply with an EU antitrust order.

This means that Google will charge smartphone makers a licensing fee for using its popular Google Play app store and will also allow them to use rival versions of its Android mobile operating system.

Since the pre-installation of Google Search and Chrome together with other apps helped Google fund the development and free distribution of Android, the company will introduce a new paid licensing agreement for smartphones and tablets shipped into the EEA. Android will remain free and open source.

Google is also updating the compatibility agreements with mobile device makers that set out how Android is used to develop smartphones and tablets. Going forward, Android partners wishing to distribute Google apps may also build non-compatible, or forked, smartphones and tablets for the European Economic Area (EEA).

The European Economic Area (EEA) comprises the 28 EU countries, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

Google will offer separate licenses to the Google Search app and to Chrome. The company will also offer new commercial agreements to partners for the non-exclusive pre-installation and placement of Google Search and Chrome.

These new licensing options will come into effect on October 29, 2018, for all new smartphones and tablets launched in the EEA.

Google announced the changes on Tuesday, three months after the European Commission handed it a landmark 4.34 billion euro ($5 billion) fine for using its popular Android mobile operating system to hinder rivals.

EU antitrust enforcers in their July decision said Google's anti-competitive behavior, which dated to 2011, included forcing smartphone makers to pre-install Google Search and its Chrome browser together with its Google Play app store on their Android devices.

Google has informed the European Commission of the changes while the company's appeal is pending.

Tags: Googleandroideuropean comission
Previous Post
CORSAIR Launches Force Series MP510 M.2 PCIe NMVe SSD
Next Post
Huawei Introduces Mate 20 Series of Smartphones, Plus the Watch GT

Related Posts

  • New Chrome features to save battery and make browsing smoother

  • New features for businesses in Android 13

  • Lucky number Android 13: The latest features and updates

  • AMD Selects Google Cloud to Provide Additional Scale for Chip Design Workloads

  • What’s beta than Android 13?

  • Apple, Google, and Microsoft commit to expanded support for FIDO standard

  • Celebrating update 100 with new Chromebook features

  • More personal, more powerful: Meet Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

BeQuiet Jubiläum Banner 300x600

 

Latest News

Envision Enhances Its Range of Smart Glasses For Blind and Low-Vision Communities - Making Them More Accessible For Everyone
Enterprise & IT

Envision Enhances Its Range of Smart Glasses For Blind and Low-Vision Communities - Making Them More Accessible For Everyone

ASUS Announces All-New Vivobook Go 15 OLED and Vivobook Go 14
Enterprise & IT

ASUS Announces All-New Vivobook Go 15 OLED and Vivobook Go 14

Pioneer Japan updates firmware for their X13 lineup (30-01-2023)
Optical Storage

Pioneer Japan updates firmware for their X13 lineup (30-01-2023)

DLSS 3 Delivers Ultimate Boost in Latest Game Updates on GeForce NOW
GPUs

DLSS 3 Delivers Ultimate Boost in Latest Game Updates on GeForce NOW

DualSense Edge wireless controller launches globally today
Gaming

DualSense Edge wireless controller launches globally today

Popular Reviews

Withings Thermo Wi-Fi-connected temporal thermometer

Withings Thermo Wi-Fi-connected temporal thermometer

EnGenius ECW230 Access Point

EnGenius ECW230 Access Point

Withings Body Plus Scale

Withings Body Plus Scale

Withings Sleep Analyzer

Withings Sleep Analyzer

Noctua NH-D12L CPU Cooler

Noctua NH-D12L CPU Cooler

EnGenius ECW230S AP

EnGenius ECW230S AP

Scythe Fuma 2 CPU Cooler

Scythe Fuma 2 CPU Cooler

be quiet! Pure Rock 2 FX

be quiet! Pure Rock 2 FX

Main menu

  • Home
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Essays
  • Forum
  • Legacy
  • About
    • Submit News

    • Contact Us
    • Privacy

    • Promotion
    • Advertise

    • RSS Feed
    • Site Map
  • About
  • Privacy
  • Contact Us
  • Promotional Opportunities @ CdrInfo.com
  • Advertise on out site
  • Submit your News to our site
  • RSS Feed